Preventive Care Guidelines
Regular physical exams and screenings are vital to detecting risk factors long before serious health conditions develop. As a company whose mission is founded on medical innovations, we know that better than anyone.
To encourage you and your covered family members to stay healthy, the Company offers the following benefits:
- Our medical plans provide free coverage for preventive care exams, screenings, and associated x-rays and lab work when you use network providers.
- CMSU's critical illness, accident, and hospital insurance plans pay a lump sum wellness benefit to you for getting certain health screenings. You can use this benefit any way you like, and it's available each year. Learn more about wellness cash benefits for critical illness, accident, and hospital insurance.
Below are common preventive care services that are recommended from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Recommended preventive care services can change over time.
Adult preventive care (after age 18)
Exams, office visits, and immunizations
- Periodic routine office visit and examination (Note: Company medical plans cover these annually)
- Tetanus/Diphtheria (Td) once every 10 years
- Influenza vaccination (flu shot) once per year
- Pneumococcal vaccination (Pneumovaz) one dose for persons 65 and over
Screenings
- Cholesterol screening once every 5 years beginning at age 35 for men and age 45 for women
- Pap smear and routine pelvic exam every 1-3 years for women
- Mammogram every 1-2 years beginning at age 40 for women
- Bone density test for osteoporosis routinely for women starting at age 65
- Colorectal cancer screenings starting at age 50 (frequency depends on the test)
- Prostate screening once per year
- Vision and hearing tests periodically starting at age 65
- Cardiovascular screenings to assess risk and prevent disease starting at age 40 for men and 50 for women
Well-child care through age 18
Screenings
- Newborn screening (PKU, sickle cell, hemoglobinopathies, hypothyroidism) once
- Head circumference periodically at birth to 2 months
- Height and weight periodically at birth to 18 months
- Lead testing once at 1 year
- Vision screening once at 3-4 years
- Dental screening periodically at 1-5 years
Immunizations
- Two doses of Hepatitis A
- Three doses of Hepatitis B
- Six doses of Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTaP)
- Four doses of Haemophilus Influenza type b
- Four doses of Polio
- Five doses of Pneumococcal
- One dose of Varicella
- Two doses of Measles, Mumps, Rubella
- One dose of Influenza vaccine (flu shot) annually starting at 1 year